vegascarnut
04-08-2013, 01:46 AM
Hello FF forum members!
I'm Sean Mahoney, a fellow FFR freak (Mk3 in 2006), and graphic design nerd. I have been working off and on for 3 + years on a virtual custom shop. Although certainly not without its flaws, I am excited to announce the private release of HRF 1.0 beta.
I started with FFR and Ford because I have lots of experience with those cars, and they have very solid forums support which is valuable during beta testing. My primary goal is to provide a FREE, simple tool that produces incredible renderings, with realistic paint finishes, wheels, tires, etc. -- eye candy. I am a designer by trade, and am consistently frustrated by the lack of quality visualization tools from auto aftermarket and paint companies.
The larger goal is to bring on some large finish companies like SW, BASF, or Dupont, a few wheel companies, and so forth. The paint booth is really what sets this thing off, because if you even know a little Photoshop (or other photo editing tools), you can do complete custom designs, very easily. We can also mix any paint, including candies, metallics, color shifting, pearls, satins, etc. And, we can build any car. The built-in social sharing component is going to be pretty cool, but we have it disabled for the beta.
No software needs to be installed. When you have a few minutes to test drive it, here's the login info:
site: hotrodfantasy.com (http://www.hotrodfantasy.com)
pw: hrf2013
The home page is basically a slide show. Setup an account, login, and you're off to the races. Drive it like you stole it! I would really like to hear your thoughts and suggestions as we continue improving HRF prior to our public launch. Please keep this information private until we make the public announcement. I will be inviting Vintage Mustang Forum members in a day or so.
The Feedback button on each page can be used to send immediate comments on that specific page, so please let us hear from you.
Thank you and enjoy!
Sean Mahoney
I'm Sean Mahoney, a fellow FFR freak (Mk3 in 2006), and graphic design nerd. I have been working off and on for 3 + years on a virtual custom shop. Although certainly not without its flaws, I am excited to announce the private release of HRF 1.0 beta.
I started with FFR and Ford because I have lots of experience with those cars, and they have very solid forums support which is valuable during beta testing. My primary goal is to provide a FREE, simple tool that produces incredible renderings, with realistic paint finishes, wheels, tires, etc. -- eye candy. I am a designer by trade, and am consistently frustrated by the lack of quality visualization tools from auto aftermarket and paint companies.
The larger goal is to bring on some large finish companies like SW, BASF, or Dupont, a few wheel companies, and so forth. The paint booth is really what sets this thing off, because if you even know a little Photoshop (or other photo editing tools), you can do complete custom designs, very easily. We can also mix any paint, including candies, metallics, color shifting, pearls, satins, etc. And, we can build any car. The built-in social sharing component is going to be pretty cool, but we have it disabled for the beta.
No software needs to be installed. When you have a few minutes to test drive it, here's the login info:
site: hotrodfantasy.com (http://www.hotrodfantasy.com)
pw: hrf2013
The home page is basically a slide show. Setup an account, login, and you're off to the races. Drive it like you stole it! I would really like to hear your thoughts and suggestions as we continue improving HRF prior to our public launch. Please keep this information private until we make the public announcement. I will be inviting Vintage Mustang Forum members in a day or so.
The Feedback button on each page can be used to send immediate comments on that specific page, so please let us hear from you.
Thank you and enjoy!
Sean Mahoney